Guardian Drinking water containing dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals has been pumped into the homes of more than 1,000 people, the Guardian can reveal. Cambridge Water has admitted it removed a supply containing four times the legal limit of perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) from the homes of customers in south Cambridgeshire in June last year. […]
The growth of bottled water over the last decades is astonishing but comes at a huge cost as revealed by a new study. I always wonder why the Water Companies, who spend so much to create excellent drinking water in the UK don’t do a hundred times more to support initiatives like Refill Day update […]
City to Sea – What is National Refill Day? On Wednesday 19th June 2019 we’ll be asking the nation if they’ve #GotTheBottle to prevent plastic pollution. Brought to you by City to Sea as part of the award-winning Refill Campaign, National Refill Day is an awareness campaign to get the UK public to stop bottling it when it comes to our […]
Water UK ‘People will be able to refill water bottles for free in tens of thousands of places in England in future following the announcement of a new national scheme by the water industry today (Thursday 25th January 2018). It’s estimated that the new scheme will cut plastic bottle use by tens of millions each […]
There seems to be a growing awareness that water quality is not improving despite the best intentions of everyone concerned. In this report DWI provide an analysis of the sources of failure in drinking water quality in 2016. Although I missed this in 2017 it provides a useful reference for those following these matters. DWI […]
Defra consultation Water quality: updating the public and private drinking water regulations Defra ‘We want to know what you think about our plans to update the Water Supply (Water Quality) Regulations 2016 (‘public regulations’) and the Private Water Supplies (England) Regulations 2016 (‘private regulations’). These changes will only apply to England. The changes will bring […]